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Duets is a 2000 American road trip musical comedy-drama film co-produced and directed by Bruce Paltrow and written by John Byrum. The motion picture features an ensemble cast with Gwyneth Paltrow, Huey Lewis, Paul Giamatti, Maria Bello, Angie Dickinson, Scott Speedman, and Andre Braugher among others. [3]
Duets: Directed by Bruce Paltrow. With Lochlyn Munro, Carol Alexander, Michael J Rogers, Huey Lewis. A professional karaoke hustler reconnects with his daughter and a bored suburban businessman turns outlaw karaoke singer, among other plotlines.
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- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Bruce Paltrow
- 2000-09-15
Sep 15, 2000 · Duets is a road-trip comedy which revolves around the little known world of karaoke and the whimsical characters who inhabit it. All roads lead to Omaha, site of a national karaoke competition where this motley group of singers and stars come together for a blow-out sing-off.
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Ricky Dean (Huey Lewis) is a hustler on the karaoke circuit who travels from town to town. At the beginning of the film, he is in Tulsa on his way to a big competition in Omaha with a $5,000 first prize. He is detoured by a phone call and travels to Las Vegas for the funeral of an old friend. While there, he meets up with long-lost daughter Liv (Gw...
Andre Braugher as Reggie KaneThis was the only time Gwyneth Paltrow and her producer/director father Bruce Paltrow worked together on a film project, and it was also Bruce Paltrow's last production before his death. Brad Pitt was first cast in Speedman's role, but, after he and Gwyneth Paltrow announced the end of their off-camera romance, Pitt decided not to take the role.
Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film a thumbs down on his television program, and wrote on his newspaper review, "Duets has little islands of humor and even perfection, floating in a sea of missed marks and murky intentions." Kenneth Turan, film critic for the Los Angeles Times, described the film: "six characters in search of a movie. Any movie w...
The producers marketed the film using the following tagline: 1. Six lost souls in search of a little harmony. The film was first presented at the Toronto Film Festival on September 9, 2000. When released, Duetssuffered at the box-office. The first week's gross sales at the box-office was $2,002,588 (581 screens) and the total receipts for the run w...
An original motion picture soundtrack CD was released on September 12, 2000 by Hollywood Records. The CD contained twelve tracks including the original music composed for the film by David Newman. The actors who sang their own tunes in the film, and included in the CD, are: Huey Lewis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Giamatti, and Maria Bello. Arnold McCulle...
Feelin' Alright (written by Dave Mason) - Huey LewisBette Davis Eyes (written by Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon) - Gwyneth PaltrowCruisin' (written by Smokey Robinson and Marv Tarplin) - Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey LewisJust My Imagination (Running Away with Me) (written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong) - Babyface and Gwyneth PaltrowSep 15, 2000 · Duets. Comedy. 113 minutes ‧ R ‧ 2000. Roger Ebert. September 15, 2000. 4 min read. “Duets” has little islands of humor and even perfection, floating in a sea of missed marks and murky intentions. There must have been a lot of scenes that everybody was happy with on the set, but they don’t add up–the movie is all over the map.
Duets is a 2000 American road trip film co-produced and directed by Bruce Paltrow and written by John Byrum. The motion picture features an ensemble cast co-starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Giamatti, Maria Bello, Scott Speedman, Andre Braugher, Huey Lewis and Angie Dickinson, among others.
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